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Diocese of Allentown
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Published by Catholic Social Ventures · sourced from allentowndiocese.org · exported …
The Diocese of Allentown is a Latin Church diocese in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, established in 1961 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Bishop Alfred A. Schlert, installed in 2017, leads the diocese.
- Bishop
- Most Rev. Alfred A. Schlert
- Latin name
- Alanopolitan(us)
- Erected
- 28 January 1961
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena
- Patron
- Mary, Mother of the Church
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Philadelphia (Archdiocese of Philadelphia)
- Catholics
- 205,000
- Chancery
- 4029 West Tilghman Street, Allentown, PA 18105, U.S.A.
- Telephone
- Tel. [610]437-0755; fax 433-7822
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Trenton 73 km
- Philadelphia 76 km
- Philadelphia 77 km
- Camden 79 km
- Metuchen 88 km
- Scranton 91 km
Parishes near the see
- St. Stephen of Hungary · Allentown <1 km
- Sacred Heart of Jesus · Lehigh 1 km
- Immaculate Conception BVM · PA 2 km
- St. Francis of Assisi · Allentown 2 km
- St. Paul · Allentown 2 km
- St. John the Baptist · Lehigh 2 km
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Sources: official site (allentowndiocese.org) + Wikipedia,annuario · Annuario code 001000653 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-07